Let's Buy Kovid Goyal an Amazon Kindle

Nate the great · 11-20-2007, 08:03 PM

Let's raise the funds to buy Kovid a Kindle.

For those of you who are new, or don't have a Sony Reader, earlier this year Kovid wrote a set of converters that outputted LRF for the Sony Reader. The converters are very good, and they gave Reader owners a vastly improved reading experience. The converter accept the following input:

LIT (MSReader)
RTF
HTML
TXT
PDF
web (This will download a given webpage and convert it.)

If we buy him a Kindle, he will add Mobipocket PRC as an output. This will benefit both Kindle and Cybook owners. Admittedly, the Cybook can already see most of those formats, but I still think you will benefit from these conversion tools.

I will be using ChipIn.com to gather the funds. Click on the link.

http://buyakindle.chipin.com/buy-kovid-goyal-a-kindle

igorsk · 11-20-2007, 08:08 PM

You don't really need Kindle to produce and test Mobi files

BTW Kovid, let me know if you need any help with the format... I know quite a bit about it.

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2007, 08:10 PM

I really need the kindle to add it as a supported device for USB syncing to libprs500, and to provide me with some motivation to get the PRC converter built.

tsgreer · 11-20-2007, 08:41 PM

I chipped in! If I could get Kindle support on libprs500 to build mobibook files as well as it built .lrf files, that would rock!

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2007, 08:48 PM

I'm planning on writing html2prc and it should have near feature parity with html2lrf

tsgreer · 11-20-2007, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I'm planning on writing html2prc and it should have near feature parity with html2lrf

I love you in the most hetrosexual way a man can love another man.

pilotbob · 11-20-2007, 10:09 PM

Ok, In... I doubled what was there. I did this not cause I even have a Kindle, but to support your current and future work supporting the Sony reader!

BOB

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2007, 10:25 PM

Thanks, not too worry I'm not decamping to the Kindle camp ;-)

Nate the great · 11-21-2007, 02:52 PM

I have canceled the ChipIn. An explanation will be forthcomng.

Nate the great · 11-21-2007, 03:11 PM

I had an interesting conversation with one of the moderators. He is of the opinion that this was panhandling. It took me a while, but I eventually decided he was correct, and that I am not comfortable doing it. The event is canceled. The money has been refunded.

If anyone wants to give Kovid money, check out his homepage. He has a link for Paypal.

pilotbob · 11-21-2007, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I had an interesting conversation with one of the moderators. He is of the opinion that this was panhandling. It took me a while, but I eventually decided he was correct, and that I am not comfortable doing it. The event is canceled. The money has been refunded.

If anyone wants to give Kovid money, check out his homepage. He has a link for Paypal.

I disagree. Perhaps if it was Kovid himself that set up the chip-in. I thought it was a great idea.

Whatever...

BOb

Nate the great · 11-21-2007, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I disagree. Perhaps if it was Kovid himself that set up the chip-in. I thought it was a great idea.

Whatever...

BOb

No, I set it up. If he wants to set up his own, fine. If you want to give him money directly, okay. I do not want to panhandle.

vivaldirules · 11-21-2007, 03:25 PM

I won't disagree with the decision but I guess I'm a little surprised. It seemed to me that asking those who are interested to make donations to buy him a device so that he could then spend a lot of his own time producing something for everyone to use was a practical idea. I was rather impressed that you guys did this before (e.g., 505). Panhandling is asking for money for little or no work. I don't care myself as I'm not buying a Kindle anytime soon. But I am surprised.

tsgreer · 11-21-2007, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I won't disagree with the decision but I guess I'm a little surprised. It seemed to me that asking those who are interested to make donations to buy him a device so that he could then spend a lot of his own time producing something for everyone to use was a practical idea...

I agree, basically he is doing something for the community for free and this was just getting him a tool to do it better. But I'll just donate to him personally on his page for all of the hard work he has done for us...

edsohsmith · 11-21-2007, 03:53 PM

I would rather donate (again, even though I do not yet own a reader) to enable SF Chronicle support for the Sony PRS 505.

11-20-2007, 08:03 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Let's Buy Kovid Goyal an Amazon Kindle Let's raise the funds to buy Kovid a Kindle. For those of you who are new, or don't have a Sony Reader, earlier this year Kovid wrote a set of converters that outputted LRF for the Sony Reader. The converters are very good, and they gave Reader owners a vastly improved reading experience. The converter accept the following input: LIT (MSReader) RTF HTML TXT PDF web (This will download a given webpage and convert it.) If we buy him a Kindle, he will add Mobipocket PRC as an output. This will benefit both Kindle and Cybook owners. Admittedly, the Cybook can already see most of those formats, but I still think you will benefit from these conversion tools. I will be using ChipIn.com to gather the funds. Click on the link. http://buyakindle.chipin.com/buy-kovid-goyal-a-kindle

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igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	You don't really need Kindle to produce and test Mobi files BTW Kovid, let me know if you need any help with the format... I know quite a bit about it.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm planning on writing html2prc and it should have near feature parity with html2lrf

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pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Ok, In... I doubled what was there. I did this not cause I even have a Kindle, but to support your current and future work supporting the Sony reader! BOB

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Thanks, not too worry I'm not decamping to the Kindle camp ;-)

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I have canceled the ChipIn. An explanation will be forthcomng.

11-21-2007, 03:11 PM	#10
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I had an interesting conversation with one of the moderators. He is of the opinion that this was panhandling. It took me a while, but I eventually decided he was correct, and that I am not comfortable doing it. The event is canceled. The money has been refunded. If anyone wants to give Kovid money, check out his homepage. He has a link for Paypal.

11-21-2007, 03:25 PM	#13
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I won't disagree with the decision but I guess I'm a little surprised. It seemed to me that asking those who are interested to make donations to buy him a device so that he could then spend a lot of his own time producing something for everyone to use was a practical idea. I was rather impressed that you guys did this before (e.g., 505). Panhandling is asking for money for little or no work. I don't care myself as I'm not buying a Kindle anytime soon. But I am surprised.

11-21-2007, 03:53 PM	#15
edsohsmith Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 11 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Sony PRS 505 (soon)	I would rather donate (again, even though I do not yet own a reader) to enable SF Chronicle support for the Sony PRS 505.

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